The IFI are hosting a celebration of dance on film on Sunday 13th May 2012 as part of the annual Dublin Dance Festival. A ninety-minute selection of short dance films, including live action and animation, it promises quite an eclectic line-up:
Russell Maliphant’s Critical Mass filmed by David Hinton (director of several DV8 film masterpieces) features Maliphant himself and Jordi Cortes Molina. Antonia Franceschi, ex-New York City Ballet principal and ballerina in Fame, leads Mark Baldwin’s thriller Pointe Blank. Sultry figures glide through Prague streets in Topic II and dancing tableware appears in Paul Bush’s Furniture Poetry, while shuddering ballet dancers attempt the White Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake in his Pas de Deux de Deux. Philippe Decouflé’s films are entertainingly French, while Ashley Roland & Jamey Hampton’s Advance is snappily American. One Thousand Steps drifts along urban pavements, distorting perspective and perception. Spot James Thierrée and Ballet Boyz Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, narrated by Sir John Gielgud. Fresh from the cutting room is the premiere of Jessica Kennedy’s Motion Sickness. And the winner of our RTÉ Dance on the Box online poll is… WildFire Films and David Bolger’s Deep End Dance.
The screening will take place at 4pm, and all twelve RTÉ Dance on the Box films will air on Network 2 as part of the festival, with scheduling to be confirmed. For more information on the IFI event, click here. For more information on the festival, click here. To view the rather impressive Dance on the Box competitors, click here. Here’s an example, below.
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